What happens to health care legislation when Congress Returns 8/27/2009

Host Name:	D'Antoni & Levine
Show Name:	What happens to health care legislation when Congress Returns
Date / Length:	8/27/2009 9:30 PM UTC - 1 hr
Description: h:20468 s:655182	Guest: Roger Hickey of the Campaign for America's Future. Hickey took UC Berkley health care expert Jacob Hacker's idea for "a new public insurance pool modeled after Medicare" and went around to the community of single-payer advocates, making the case that this limited "public option" was the best they could hope for. Hickey went to all the presidential candidates, acknowledging that politically, they couldn't support single-payer, but that the "public option" would attract a real progressive constituency. expand

Tags:	health care legisltation D'Antoni Levine health Roger Hickey

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SingleDadVet

8/30/2009 6:20 AM UTC

You lose the hearts and minds of people when you continue to add to the rolls of the jobless, homeless, sick and elderly. Throwing money at broken, poorly regulated sytems only results in a burden on current and future generations.

SingleDadVet

8/30/2009 6:14 AM UTC

Obama is just the current front man for the raping of the American people for the rich that will end in the Socialization of most aspects of our country.

SingleDadVet

8/30/2009 6:11 AM UTC

The powers that be continue to treat America as their own private market place at the expense of the people. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer no matter whom controls the White House or Congress.

SingleDadVet

8/30/2009 6:06 AM UTC

Programs always start out well intentioned until lobbying special interests have there way with them.

SingleDadVet

8/30/2009 6:05 AM UTC

Medicare is a fiscal failure.

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